EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4419 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and EN 1.4419 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4419 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 230 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 930 | |
| 410 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1620 | |
| 660 to 1590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 1490 | |
| 370 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 140 | |
| 95 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 5710 | |
| 350 to 3920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 58 | |
| 24 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 40 | |
| 22 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 23 to 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 13 to 14.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.9 to 76.8 | |
| 82 to 86 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |